Basin-clam p



(No Model.)

H. B. SHERMAN.

BASIN CLAMP.

No. 539,197. Patented May 14, 1895. v

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

HOWARD B. SHERMAN, OF BATTLE GREEK, MICHIGAN.

BASlN-CLAM P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters 1 atent No. 539,197, dated May, I4, 1895.

Application filed August 22, 1894. Serial No. 521,023. (Nomodeli) ......&H

are equally adapted to basins having thickv or thin flanges,-to such that will clamp one thicknessas readily as another simply by the adjustment of a block pivoted at'the outer end of the clamp bar.

The invention consists essentially in the combination of a clamping bar or bridge and.

a movable heel piece connected with said bridge to regulate the distance of the heel end of the bridge from the slab to correspond with the thickness of the flange of the base.

In the drawings, Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 are sectional views showing bowls or basins with I flanges of dilferent thicknesses and a slab or support, the clamping-bridge and heel-piece being shown in elevation. Fig. 5 is a top view of the clamping bridge or bar.

A is an ordinary bowl or basin, B is the slab or support to which the bowl is attached, and O is the bolt for holding the clamp bridge to its work. As these parts are of conventional form and character, they need no further de- Scription.

D is the olamping-bar or bridge having a longitudinal slot 01 so that it may be readily adjusted to the flange of the basin, notwithstanding the bolts 0 may not be exactly located. The outer endor heel of the bridgepiece D is forked or otherwise provided with ears or flanges 2, 2, and between these ears is eccentrically pivoted a polygonal block or heel piece E. In the form shown, the bridge piece is struck up or formed from metal plate having side flanges and a downwardly projecting part 3 within which the heel piece may be rotated on its pivot. This form affords great strength with lightness, and gives symmetry to the article, but obviously any other form which will carry and support the eccentrically pivoted heel piece will serve the function desired and come within my invention.

The form of the toe end of the clamp which is applied to the flange of the basin may be varied indefinitely so long as it is made to fairly grip the flange.

The heel piece consists of a square or polygonal body pivoted near one corner in such manner that the heel of the bridge may be adjusted to a greater or less distance from the slab according to the thickness of the flange of the basin, thus making the clamp of practically universal application while preserving a horizontal face for the clamping nut to work against.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A basin'clamp consisting of the combination of a slotted bar or bridge-piece and a polygonal block or heel piece, eccentrically pivoted to the bar, substantially as described.

2. A basin clamp consisting of the combination of a slotted bar having ears or flanges at its heel end and a polygonal block eccentrically pivoted between the ears, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HOWARD B. SHERMAN.

Witnesses:

NELSON E. HUBBARD, ISAAC N. MERRITT. 

